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Thanks that did it. Not sure what I did though. I transfered a lot of data over, tried to reboot, it gave me message bootmgr is missing. I used install cd to fix it it gave me option it restore from a disk image. Everything was there, as far as I can tell. Expanded the unallocated space done.

If you booted into the Win7 disk to try to repair Bootmgr is Missing and instead chose Restore using an Image, you reapplied the image to the HD from whenever that image was made. Your files may not be current. Be sure you have the latest file set before you delete them on the other HDD.

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Removing Vista drive from a dual boot with Windows 7 on seperate driveHi, I installed Windows 7 on a second hard drive (WD 500GB c) to create a dual boot with Vista (OS d). This has been working great and I have fully transferred over to Windows 7.
Now I want to remove the Vista drive (OS d) and format it to use for data only or in future purchase a larger...

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Install XP on seperate HD problem.Hello everyone,
I was trying to install xp on a seperate HD but when I unplugged my win 7 drive to install xp the keyboard wouldn't respond so then I found out how much 70.5 gigs was in megabytes (72,192) I installed it onto the the one thAt matched but after the install I wasn't able to do a...

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Can I Install Macintosh On A Seperate Hard Drive?Hi, I have an extra hard drive and an old mac OS X install disc. I was wondering if somehow I can install it on my extra hard drive and keep my windows 7 OS all in tact. What i'm aiming to do is just be able to slide in the hard drive with macintosh installed on it into my PC if I ever want to use...

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install an upgrade on a seperate hard drivei currently have a computer running xp, and am going to be building a new computer, could i install windows 7 upgrade on a seperate drive or does it have to be on the same drive xp was on? I dont have the xp disk, so i cant transfer it to the new hd, could i use the drive, and not boot up with it,...

Installation & Setup

Question on Installing OS X on a seperate driveHey everyone, first time poster here.
I'm currently running Windows 7 Ultimate on a 1TB hdd. I have an extra 250GB hdd that I'm not even using at the moment. I'd like to know if it's possible to install OS X on the 250GB hdd and be able to choose which OS to start up on restart. I tried...